Car crashes into Schenectady medical facility; gunshot victim dies

A city man died early this morning after he was apparently shot outside a bar and then was driven to Ellis Hospital’s McClellan Street Campus by a car that crashed through the facility’s doors.

Schenectady police were called around 1:25 a.m. to the area near the Eldorado Bar, 939 Crane St., after gunshots were heard. Police were unable to locate a victim. A few minutes later, police received a second call for a vehicle that had driven through the ambulance emergency room doors at the McClellan campus.

A man with a gunshot wound was in the backseat of the car. Detectives interviewed the driver of the car. The victim was later pronounced dead from a gunshot wound to the chest.

Schenectady police Patrolman Michael Crounse said the victim’s identity is not being released at this time as police continue investigating. His family has been notified of his death, Crounse said.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Schenectady Police Department at 382-5263.

Stop picking on Brian, he is hiding, he knows the previous mayors did not win elections because of knowledge or valor but lost the elections for careless expression of their own ignorance, he has learned something…..keep quiet and hope it goes away. Yup sure it will!

‘Can’t wait to see the mugshot on this one and the most recent ones in Albany – will I be surprised?’ – I don’t know, what are you expecting to see? On another note, how sad is your life when the only thing you have to look forward to is a mugshot on the internet?

‘About time someone admitted we have a serious gang problem that needs to be tackled.’ – Gang problem? Where? Sure as hell not in Schenectady and Albany, you want to see what happens to a community that has a gang problem, take a ride with me through Sumter, South Carolina or Camden, NJ. The Capital Region is still damn near candyland if you ask me…

So what do we do GQWHATEVER, wait for the problem to become a “real” problem like Camden? No thanks. One murder due to the idiot mentality of the “thug life” is enough. Send the leeches to a deserted island and let them gang-bang all they want over the distribution of coconuts. They are a waste of human existence (if you can even consider them human)

I hear that driving the victim to the hospital was part of the latest motor voter initiative of the Democrats. On the streets of Schenectady the word is out that if one of your friends get shot on the corner, you can make $100 if you get him to the hospital and they can get him registered Democrat while in the emergency room. Look for more of these situations. As they say on the street , ” Iz be doing a drive by-then a drive to -mf- ” You liberals from Delmar and Clifton Park should come to Schenectady and park on Craig and Emmett. Walk around and meet the “poor” . See what the day is like-they are the ones driving the Lexi, wearing $300 jeans, big “jewery” smoking blunts and impregnating the “hos.”

Gang prevention is not working. It is a waste of our tax money. We need to attempt to do control. Gangs offer the members a sense of family. Family that is not given at home. Food and clothing that the parents cannot afford. Maybe the parents are working but being paid low wages. Living in the neighborhood where rent is affordable. They make too much money for food stamps. Or they do not want to go thru the social services systems that treat’s people like a dirt when you apply.Do not think that moving into a better neighborhood is the solution because gangs are there also. Most times the parents do not care and some even profit from the activities. This is a no win situation. Innocent people are hurt and killed in the cross fire. You can’t expect the police to control it. Each parent needs to be aware of their childrens where abouts and moniter them at all times. Check on them. Be involved and do not expect the school system to parent them. Schools are for education not babysitters. If your child is the problem then take action. Its not always the teachers fault. How many children are now on medications for ADHD , ODD, PTS and ADD , etc. The children are out of control and we all need to make sure we are doing our part. Then we have the child who does his part. Attends school and has no behavior problems. Pressure is on them also but they overcome it. Whats the answer here. Stop blaming and name calling. Take action in your own home and maybe things will improve.

‘Send the leeches to a deserted island and let them gang-bang all they want over the distribution of coconuts.’ – Yeah, good idea. The Assembly and Senate are preparing that bill right now.

I agree Karen, gang prevention doesn’t work…hasn’t worked, EVER…ANYWHERE. What does works is grass-roots, hardcore, uninterrupted COMMUNITY POLICING. I grew up in one of the most violent neighborhoods in the most violent city in America in the 80′s and change only came when our Mayor decided that making people uncomfortable was worth the murder rate increasing every year.

You see groups of people, sitting on a stoop, gathering on a corner, acting suspicions…get out of your donut laden car and ask for id’s, take pictures, pat them down…you know, do actual police work. Not knocking the APD or SPD, they are doing what they’re told, it goes WAY above them…there needs to be a commitment to making the city safe, community by community or this area WILL end up looking like Camden.

In this day and age, going a whole year with 10 or fewer murders is like getting a pretty little pony for your birthday. I was in Richmond, VA for 2 weeks recently and there were 5 murders in the first 7 days I was there…if that happened here, people would literally pack up and move. Some of people have never lived anywhere else so your perspective is that of a 7 year old…travel a little bit and come back here, you’ll appreciate how good you have it.

Maybe the state police should spend more time in these crime prone areas (like every minute of every day)instead of writing tickets at the toll booths for uninspected cars. In Schenectady, the Crane Street area, Hamilton Hill, Van Vranken Avenue area should be saturated with troopers, sheriff’s and city police. It’s the only way they will be able to stop the nonsense. Yeah the mentoring and the other suggestions is a help but it’s a bandaid on a major wound. The only way is for law enforcement to be present in far greater numbers and have zero tolerance.